BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 25 January 2025

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Soul Music—He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
  Exploring what an American spiritual song means to different people
2. 00:30
  Dancing With The Devil
  Rachel Johnson meets women, now in their 90s, who visited Germany in the 1930s.
3. 01:00
  Whodunnits—Miss Marple - Nemesis, 5. Friends
  5/5The amateur sleuth's friends come to her aid, as she battles to solve the murder mystery.
4. 01:30
  Bright Day by JB Priestley—5. The Picnic
  5/6Ackworth departs while tragedy strikes at Pikeley Scar.
5. 02:00
  Harry Worth—Thirty Minutes Worth, The Problem
  1/6Will Harry be able to help when someone knocks on the door with a problem?
6. 02:30
  Doctor in the House—To Pass or Not to Pass
  13/13It's nerves and pints all round as the St Swithin's medics take their finals.
7. 03:00
  Prepper—Series 1, Bugging In
  4/4Are you Armageddon-ready? Sylvia and Rachel explore home defence.
8. 03:30
  Flush by Virginia Woolf—5. Reflections
  5/5As time passes in Florence, Flush begins to feel his age.
9. 03:45
  Broken English by Shelagh Stephenson—10. Searching for a Motive
  10/10Joe's body is found, but what was the reason for his senseless murder?
10. 04:00
  The Motion Show—Series 1, Episode 4
  4/6Phil Hammond chairs the debating game with John O'Farrell, Mark Maier, Maria McErlane.
11. 04:30
  1834—Dentists and Lovers
  4/6Ned needs root canal work, but 21st-century Jason needs lessons in 19th-century courting.
12. 05:00
  The Cornish Trilogy by Robertson Davies—3. The Fool
  3/3The Reverend Darcourt is close to uncovering Cornish's final, astonishing, secret.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Tam O'Shanter
  How Robert Burns came to start writing one of his most famous poems.
2. 07:15
  Ronald Frame Short Stories—Tea and Dancing
  A pleasant birthday ritual finally revealed an awful truth.
3. 07:30
  One Two Three Four - The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown (Omnibus)
  Snapshots and glimpses of The Beatles and their legacy.
4. 08:45
  More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood—3. The Mole
  3/5Will the Brigadier identify the KGB ‘mole’ placed in the very vitals of English cricket?
5. 09:00
  The Men from the Ministry—All Cisterns Go
  The blundering civil servants plumb new depths with a naval survey.
6. 09:30
  J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook—My Stag Movie, part 1/2
  9/10The veteran auditionee recalls how talent lurks in the unlikeliest places.
7. 10:00
  Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family—1. Mementos & Millican
  1/3Isy Suttie ambles through the radio archives to celebrate family life.
8. 11:00
  Tam O'Shanter
  How Robert Burns came to start writing one of his most famous poems.
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Afternoon
1. 12:15
  Ronald Frame Short Stories—Tea and Dancing
  A pleasant birthday ritual finally revealed an awful truth.
2. 12:30
  One Two Three Four - The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown (Omnibus)
  Snapshots and glimpses of The Beatles and their legacy.
3. 13:45
  More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood—3. The Mole
  3/5Will the Brigadier identify the KGB ‘mole’ placed in the very vitals of English cricket?
4. 14:00
  The Men from the Ministry—All Cisterns Go
  The blundering civil servants plumb new depths with a naval survey.
5. 14:30
  J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook—My Stag Movie, part 1/2
  9/10The veteran auditionee recalls how talent lurks in the unlikeliest places.
6. 15:00
  Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family—1. Mementos & Millican
  1/3Isy Suttie ambles through the radio archives to celebrate family life.
7. 16:00
  Concrete Island by JG Ballard
  A cocky young architect is stranded when he crashes off the motorway.
8. 17:00
  Tam O'Shanter
  How Robert Burns came to start writing one of his most famous poems.
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Evening
1. 18:15
  Ronald Frame Short Stories—Tea and Dancing
  A pleasant birthday ritual finally revealed an awful truth.
2. 18:30
  One Two Three Four - The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown (Omnibus)
  Snapshots and glimpses of The Beatles and their legacy.
3. 19:45
  More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood—3. The Mole
  3/5Will the Brigadier identify the KGB ‘mole’ placed in the very vitals of English cricket?
4. 20:00
  The Men from the Ministry—All Cisterns Go
  The blundering civil servants plumb new depths with a naval survey.
5. 20:30
  J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook—My Stag Movie, part 1/2
  9/10The veteran auditionee recalls how talent lurks in the unlikeliest places.
6. 21:00
  Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family—1. Mementos & Millican
  1/3Isy Suttie ambles through the radio archives to celebrate family life.
7. 22:00
  The Shuttleworths—Series 4, Cough in the Loft
  1/6When Mary sends John Shuttleworth up to the attic, it's the start of a digital quest.
8. 22:15
  Tim Key's Poetry Programme—Series 2, Science
  1/6Tim Key takes a comic look at the thorny issue of science, through the medium of poetry.
9. 22:30
  Rob Newman—Rob Newman's Total Eclipse of Descartes, Thought Experiments
  4/4Mixing stand-up comedy and sketches, Rob Newman tackles the world of philosophy.
10. 23:00
  My Teenage Diary—Series 7, Michael Rosen
  4/6Michael Rosen reads his diaries, which focus on life as a naughty schoolboy in the 1960s.
11. 23:30
  Chain Reaction—Series 1, Jenny Eclair Interviews Jimmy Carr
  1/7The feisty comedienne interviews the deadpan funny man in the tag talk show.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Concrete Island by JG Ballard
  A cocky young architect is stranded when he crashes off the motorway.
2. 01:00
  Tam O'Shanter
  How Robert Burns came to start writing one of his most famous poems.
3. 02:15
  Ronald Frame Short Stories—Tea and Dancing
  A pleasant birthday ritual finally revealed an awful truth.
4. 02:30
  One Two Three Four - The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown (Omnibus)
  Snapshots and glimpses of The Beatles and their legacy.
5. 03:45
  More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood—3. The Mole
  3/5Will the Brigadier identify the KGB ‘mole’ placed in the very vitals of English cricket?
6. 04:00
  The Men from the Ministry—All Cisterns Go
  The blundering civil servants plumb new depths with a naval survey.
7. 04:30
  J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook—My Stag Movie, part 1/2
  9/10The veteran auditionee recalls how talent lurks in the unlikeliest places.
8. 05:00
  Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family—1. Mementos & Millican
  1/3Isy Suttie ambles through the radio archives to celebrate family life.

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